Daniel Cormier gives his thoughts on Shavkat Rakhmonov’s face-off with Belal Muhammad

Cormier’s view on Muhammad/Rakhmonov face-off

“I gotta be honest, it was weird…I don’t love faceoffs when you have a translator. Especially when Belal [Muhammad], as much as people want to hate on him, he’s not a disrespectful guy,” Cormier said of Muhammad/Rakhmonov. “So it doesn’t make that moment that you’re looking for when you bring a champion into the [Octagon].

“When [Alexander Volkanovski] came in after Topuria beat Max, they shook hands and it was very respectful. But you understood what they were saying,” Cormier continued. “When [Sean O’Malley] was in there and he was about to fight Aljo for the belt, Merab takes the jacket, that makes a memory. This, tonight, I don’t think it served the purpose that you want as a promotion in regards to what you’re going to do to try and build that fight.”

Quotes via Bloody Elbow

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